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The game opens in the Kingdom of Guardiana, in the land of Rune. The silent [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist"]protagonist[/ame], Max, is sent on a mission to prevent the evil Darksol, who commands the hordes of Runefaust, from opening the Shining Path and resurrecting Dark Dragon. Along the way, Max recruits a number of allies to join the Shining Force. Opposing the Shining Force are foes such as Kane and King Ramladu, who were both corrupted by Darksol. ~c/o wiki

This is where RPGs like Vandal Hearts and Final Fantasy Tactics got their userideas.... One of the best Genesis RPGs.

This is an example of the ending screen you need to submit on for Mastering credit:

I value Pelle and Kokichi more than Blue and Adam. Kokichi is probably the best player in the game. Plus I love the mages Anri and Tao.

Kokichi is aweseome because not only can he fly hae can be ranged as well.

I usually use Tao and Anri a lot but this last time I decided to go a different way. Domingo is better because you can rush him into the front line and the enemies will target him and do 1 damage 99% of the time

Shining Force finally completed. I just want to say, that was one awesome game. I think it has made the list of my top 5 all time favorite RPGs. It's a very good one, and I can't wait to play the next one.

Here was my final force:

Max
Bleu
Gort
Lyle
Tao
Kokichi
Hanzo
Musashi
Domingo
Zylo
Arthur
Gong

I went healer lite, but I really liked Gong because he could fight and heal. I really enjoyed healing someone and then letting Gong go in an finish the enemy off. I think my favorites overall were Bleu, Zylo, Hanzo, Musashi, and Gort. I just enjoyed their attack animations.

Shining Force finally completed. I just want to say, that was one awesome game. I think it has made the list of my top 5 all time favorite RPGs. It's a very good one, and I can't wait to play the next one.

Here was my final force:

Max
Bleu
Gort
Lyle
Tao
Kokichi
Hanzo
Musashi
Domingo
Zylo
Arthur
Gong

I went healer lite, but I really liked Gong because he could fight and heal. I really enjoyed healing someone and then letting Gong go in an finish the enemy off. I think my favorites overall were Bleu, Zylo, Hanzo, Musashi, and Gort. I just enjoyed their attack animations.

2 is a little different. I still like it but I like the art style of the first one better. 2 is a lot longer and has more characters. Perhaps I should write a tutorial/FAQ on 2 as well.

Good job Joz. Approved. Too bad you didn't find those guys. They were some of my favorite characters. It took me the whole month to play the game little by little, but this is what I remember (too tired to look up the town names, and I don't remember them):

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Kokichi was this older inventor guy (he looked sort of like Belle's dad in Beauty and The Beast or John Avery Whitaker from Adventures in Odyssey) who created this flying machine. He joined your party fairly early on. He is a flying knight.

Musashi joined towards the end after you read this note on the side of a building. He is then ad HQ. He's a samurai.

Hanzo is very close to the end and you find him when you search a shrub with a yellow flower on it. He's a ninja.

I see. I probably wouldn't have used them anyways since I'm more of a magic caster and defense player. Just keep my casters behind the grunts then come out and drain the enemy's HP with Freeze and Bolt spells. Lyle was excellent with his super long range.

I started playing Shining Force in ArcadeOX mode and now I'm at the end of the game so I'm kinda pissed that none of my gameplay will be recognized, but this game is AWESOME!!! It's definitely worth playing twice.